Steph

sounds good to me

You know how sometimes people claim that some language or its alphabet has no vowels? That's the kind of statement which can sound really smart-@$$, or which can make the other person in the conversation sound smart-@$$ because they want to argue with it because _of course_ the language has vowels. Unless maybe it's a click language or something like that, it's got vowels. Butttttt ... I learned yesterday that not every language has an "alphabet". So, bear with me. "Alphabet" has an "alpha" and a "bet" -- vowels and consonants -- written _separately_. Some languages have a "syllabary" ... which presents entire syllables in one unit. So all the consonant and vowels sounds in the syllable are represented with one symbol. And the language has finite syllables you can piece together to speak it. AND ... the word which launched me into that lesson was "abugida". That's a type of syllabary. Abugida (noun): a kind of syllabary in which the vowel is changed by modifying the base consonant symbol, so that all the forms that represent a given consonant plus each vowel resemble one another. And here is a video which explains one abugida, the one for the Inuktitut language. This language has its symbols for its different consonants. And then the direction the symbol is written tells which vowel goes with it. So your consonant will point up or point to the left or point to the right. And that will tell you which of the three vowel possible vowel sounds goes with that consonant. So Ti, Ta and Tu all look alike -- it's all done with the symbol for the T ... but the T is spun around to tell you which vowel to use. So how is that for a word of the day?

Went for the random google search again, where I google for marbles plus some odd term to go with it. Picked "bermuda shorts" to go with "marbles" today .... and saw ads for "marble wash shorts". So ... is that something which ought to go in the industrial uses for marbles section? Do shorts manufacturers use marbles in their shorts-making process?

Longitudinal study?

Thanks. So many names. I was there near the beginning, but I haven't kept track in a long time. Didn't know about the "Pre Finale". "There" not being AT Jabo, just kinda in the loop.

I have some oxblood Tributes ... but will I photograph them in time? Probably not. I've photographed marbles three days in a row though ... at least one marble ... so maybe. lol ... why is it so hard for me to photograph? I'm a goomer.

Here's today's Last Dance. The different combos in this run got fun names. I think this one might be the Hip Hop.

Both Harvest marbles? The single one is superman-y.

Ooh. That's different.

prettteeeee

But someone brought me dinner. Wanna try it now?

Bahaha! Not today!

Thank you. Tribute to Friendshiip with lutz. Hehe ... once I take photos, I have a hard time choosing, so here are three.

One vote for Akro Royal.

Winlock http://www.winlockmarbles.com/Winlock Marbles2008.htm

Thanks, Josh. Bud, definitely take Josh's verdict over my guess.

Now here's some Last Dance ... also what I called "cullet" ... with a little more conspicuous damage, but a few lookers:

Here are some pix from the early stages of my weekend Jabo sort. These went to the bay. First some Tribute to Friendship. (I called this "cullet" back when I sorted it in 2009 ... I was being quite the perfectionist. )

Yikes, Richard! I just learned an expensive lesson about shipping to the UK. My brother's family just moved there. So, I have two little penpals, and I send them stickers. Well, that's what I did when they lived in Texas. That tradition just ended. It would have been $3 to send my large envelope with two letters enclosed over there. Adding stickers added $10 and a customs form. Declared 1 oz of stickers for $1 value. $10 to send 'em. Lesson learned! Nothing that isn't "only paper".

Now ... I can't remember if a lawnchair was actually involved or not .....

The first thought which comes to mind is a JABO Lawnchair Marble. That's my opening guess. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xjabo+lawnchair.TRS0&_nkw=jabo+lawnchair&_sacat=0